Build Thread The Hoopty Chronicles - New House, New garage, New Car?

[hoopty5.0]

I ordered a pushrod length checker and some head gaskets. Compression looks to be right at 8.5:1 I am hoping that I can get away without having to notch the pistons.

70cc chambers
.047 compressed head gasket
-13.2 CC dish
usually .013 in the hole.

Would be cool to not to have to mess with it.

 

[Boosted92LX]

Good thing you decided to boost it with those compression numbers..

 

[stykthyn]

Good thing you decided to boost it with those compression numbers..

No doubt!! I would have thought compression with those heads would be closer to 9.5-10:1

 

[hoopty5.0]

No doubt!! I would have thought compression with those heads would be closer to 9.5-10:1

Wont matter now. I am selling my 76 to a buddy and buying a 78mm On3 unit. The turbine housing is 10mm larger and is supposed to help with backpressure issues the 76 causes. This car is going to be terrifying with a sticky tire.

 

[stykthyn]

Wont matter now. I am selling my 76 to a buddy and buying a 78mm On3 unit. The turbine housing is 10mm larger and is supposed to help with backpressure issues the 76 causes. This car is going to be terrifying with a sticky tire.

Christ I'm jealous

 

[Boosted92LX]

Christ I'm jealous

Not me. I'm about to have a new tuner.

 

[stykthyn]

Not me. I'm about to have a new tuner.

With everything I want to do to my car the engine will be thelast thing I do. The new one has less than 7k on it. Can't justify dropping coin there at the moment.

 

[mikestang63]

Definite tire shredder fo sho

 

[Noobz347]

I had to catch up for a few pages but I think I'm up to speed now.

It was a couple pages back and I hope I'm not too late but you're doing it wrong. It's all wrong and hopefully you can fix it quick:

This is what happens when you're trying to do something that requires a fair amount of concentration, but your wife come into the garage to nag about something...

Unless she's naked, has beer in one hand, food in the other, and a half-nekid girl-friend with her, there's no reason at all to even turn your head. Use the force man.

Spread the word. It may help others.

 

[Boosted92LX]

I had to catch up for a few pages but I think I'm up to speed now.

It was a couple pages back and I hope I'm not too late but you're doing it wrong. It's all wrong and hopefully you can fix it quick:



Unless she's naked, has beer in one hand, food in the other, and a half-nekid girl-friend with her, there's no reason at all to even turn your head. Use the force man.

Spread the word. It may help others.

You had me at half nekkid friend

 

[tannerc91gt]

Any reason you don't want to up the compression? The days of needing 8:1 are long gone. Car would make more power across the board with a good bump in compression and drive better out of boost. All stuff you know I'm sure

 

[hoopty5.0]

Any reason you don't want to up the compression? The days of needing 8:1 are long gone. Car would make more power across the board with a good bump in compression and drive better out of boost. All stuff you know I'm sure

Same reason I haven't done anything else, hahaha. Costs man. I'm sure if I zero decked it and used a thinner gasket I could get it up a little more but for the time being this will do. It certainly doesn't help the pistons look like bowls either

 

[Boosted92LX]

Same reason I haven't done anything else, hahaha. Costs man. I'm sure if I zero decked it and used a thinner gasket I could get it up a little more but for the time being this will do. It certainly doesn't help the pistons look like bowls either

I know where you can get a great deal on some gt40 p heads. Higher compression!

 

[a91what]

Hey hoopty..... I rebuilt the ve tables for your 351..... I'll post em when your ready.

 

[hoopty5.0]

Hey hoopty..... I rebuilt the ve tables for your 351..... I'll post em when your ready.

Thanks Steve. Gonna be a little while, haha. My weekends seem to be booked solid for the rest of eternity. I had time to stick the cam in and install the timing set last night. At this rate, I'll finish... never.

I did change the oil in the coyote last night and pulled the tune and CAI out so I can get it inspected. I learned 2 things:

1) There are roadkill bits somewhere under the car and I can't find them, but I can certainly smell them.

2) After pulling the tune, my avg mpg went from 16.7 to 20+. Anyone want a CAI for a coyote? It's not worth the fuel economy for the 10 hp it might give me.



Finally, at the back of the 351 block where the hole for the cam is, that's just a standard freeze plug-type-thing, right? There is nothing there now.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Thanks Steve. Gonna be a little while, haha. My weekends seem to be booked solid for the rest of eternity. I had time to stick the cam in and install the timing set last night. At this rate, I'll finish... never.

I did change the oil in the coyote last night and pulled the tune and CAI out so I can get it inspected. I learned 2 things:

1) There are roadkill bits somewhere under the car and I can't find them, but I can certainly smell them.

2) After pulling the tune, my avg mpg went from 16.7 to 20+. Anyone want a CAI for a coyote? It's not worth the fuel economy for the 10 hp it might give me.



Finally, at the back of the 351 block where the hole for the cam is, that's just a standard freeze plug-type-thing, right? There is nothing there now.

Yes.

I don't know why you're even worried about a stupid little 2" freeze plug anyway. I'd just leave it in the rebuild kit.

 

[hoopty5.0]

Yes.

I don't know why you're even worried about a stupid little 2" freeze plug anyway. I'd just leave it in the rebuild kit.

Are head gaskets necessary too then? Id like to up the compression a little

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Are head gaskets necessary too then? Id like to up the compression a little

What do you think I'm gonna say here?.............

JB weld. Why risk head gasket failure at all? Just glue the heads on. The actual "compressed" film thickness of JB weld a gasket is .0008.

Imagine the CR bump you'll get from that.

 

[hoopty5.0]

Dude.

I need to start emailing you operations questions on the $40mm project I'm running. You have some really valuable insight there, homie.

 

[Boosted92LX]

Finally, at the back of the 351 block where the hole for the cam is, that's just a standard freeze plug-type-thing, right? There is nothing there now.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/pio-pe-108-b

This also covers oil galley plugs. They are probably missing too.